A separate court to hear corruption cases:Dilrukshi

Dilrukshi Wickremasinghe, the newly elected Director General of the Commission to Investigate Complaints of Bribery or Corruption, has recommended to the government to establish a separate Court to hear cases related to bribery and corruption.

Addressing a media briefing session, she has assured that there will be zero tolerance towards corruption. We are committed to create a culture of zero tolerance towards corruption. They are also short of 48 cadres for the Investigation Department among other vacancies that exist. We were assured that we will be given new officers but deploying new officers and utilizing them is the main challenge we face.

She said they were going through about 1,600 complaints at the moment and that a majority of cases had been referred for investigation. She assured that each and every complaint would be looked into and referred to the relevant department.